Diana Wynne Jones bibliography

Fiction

Books for adults

Standalone books for children and young adults

E-book collections

Series for children and young adults

''Chrestomanci'' series

Publication order

1. Charmed Life – Guardian Children's Fiction Prize; Carnegie Medal commendation;
2. The Magicians of Caprona
3. Witch Week
4. The Lives of Christopher Chant – Carnegie Medal commendation
5. Mixed Magics, short stories published 1982 to 2000
6. Conrad's Fate
7. The Pinhoe Egg – Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Children's finalist; Locus Award Young Adult Book, 6th place

1. Charmed Life
2. The Magicians of Caprona
3. Witch Week
4. "The Sage of Theare", in Hecate's Cauldron ed. Susan M. Schwartz
5. "Warlock at the Wheel", in Warlock at the Wheel by Jones
6. "Carol Oneir's Hundredth Dream", in Dragons and Dreams ed. Jane Yolen et al.
7. The Lives of Christopher Chant
8. "Stealer of Souls", in Mixed Magics by Jones
9. Conrad's Fate
10. ''The Pinhoe Egg''

    Reading order as suggested by Jones

1. Charmed Life
2. The Lives of Christopher Chant

''Chronicles of Chrestomanci''

''[Dalemark Quartet]''

1. Cart and Cwidder
2. Drowned Ammet
3. The Spellcoats
4. Crown of Dalemark – Mythopoeic Award, Children's Fantasy

   Compilations

   The Dalemark Quartet, Vol. 1: Cart and Cwidder & Drowned Ammet The Dalemark Quartet, Vol. 2: The Spellcoats & The Crown of Dalemark

• ''The Dalemark Quartet''

''Derkholm'' series

1. Dark Lord of Derkholm – Mythopoeic Award, Children's Fantasy
2. ''Year of the Griffin''

''The Moving Castle'' series

1. Howl's Moving Castle – Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Fiction runner-up; 2006 Phoenix Award
2. Castle in the Air – Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Children's finalist
3. House of Many Ways – Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Children's finalist

   Compilations

   Wizard's Castle

• ''World of Howl Collection''

''Magids'' series

Picture books and books for younger readers

Compilations

Anthologies edited by Jones

• * Introduction
• * "True Believer" by Douglas Hill
• * "Ceres Passing" by Tanith Lee
• * "Fifty-Fafty" by Robert Westall
• * "Dogfaerie" by Garry Kilworth
• * "The Walled Garden" by Lisa Tuttle
• * "The Master" by Diana Wynne Jones
• * "The Vision" by Mary Rayner
• * "Urgeya’s Choice" by Geraldine Harris
• * "The Sky Sea" by Helen Cresswell
• * "A Bird That Whistles" by Emma Bull
• * "Kalifriki of the Thread" by Roger Zelazny
• * "Turntables of the Night" by Terry Pratchett
• * "The Authors "Spellbound: Fantasy Stories Alternate Titles: Fantasy Stories, Spellbound, Fantasy Stories: Red Hot Reads
• * "The Peasant and The Devil" by The Brothers Grimm
• * "Boris Chernevsky’s Hands" by Jane Yolen
• * "The Hobgoblin’s Hat" by Tove Jansson
• * "Ully the Piper" by Andre Norton
• * "Milo Conducts the Dawn" by Norton Juster
• * "Who Goes Down this Dark Road?" by Joan Aiken
• * "The House of Harfang" by C. S. Lewis
• * "Martha in The Witch’s Power" by Katharine Mary Briggs
• * "Abu Ali Meets a Dragon" by Noel Langley from The Land of Green Ginger)
• * "The Box of Delights" by John Masefield
• * "The Amazing Flight of the Gump" by L. Frank Baum
• * "On the Great Wall" by Rudyard Kipling
• * "The Waking of the Kraken" by Eva Ibbotson
• * "The Caves in the Hills" by Elizabeth Goudge
• * "Bigger than the Baker’s Boy" by E. Nesbit
• * "Jermain and the Sorceress" by Patricia C. Wrede
• * "Una and the Red Cross Knight" by Andrew Lang
• * "What the Cat Told Me" by Diana Wynne Jones
• * Acknowledgements

Short stories

Contributed short stories

• "Mela Worms", in Arrows of Eros
• "I'll Give You My Word", in Firebirds Rising: An Anthology of Original Science Fiction and Fantasy, and Year’s Best Fantasy 7
• "JoBoy", in The Dragon Book: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy, and The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume 4
• "Samantha's Diary", in ''Stories: All-New Tales''

Short story collections

• * "Warlock at the Wheel"
• * "The Plague of Peacocks"
• * "The Fluffy Pink Toadstool"
• * "Aunt Bea’s Day Out"
• * "Carruthers"
• * "No One"
• * "Dragon Reserve, Home Eight"
• * "The Sage of Theare"Everard’s Ride : a 1983 essay and 7 stories publ. 1984 to 1995
• * Introduction by Patricia C. Wrede
• * "Everard’s Ride"
• * "Nad and Dan adn Quaffy"
• * "The Shape of the Narrative in 'The Lord of the Rings'"
• * "No One"
• * "Dragon Reserve, Home Eight"
• * "The Master"
• * "The Plague of Peacocks"
• * "The True State of Affairs"Stopping for a Spell: Three Fantasies, publ. 1975 to 1989, Illustrated by Chris Mould
• * "Who Got Rid of Angus Flint?"
• * "The Four Grannies"
• * "Chair Person"Minor Arcana, UK Release, 7 stories publ. 1982 to 1995 – British Fantasy Award nominee
• * "The Sage of Theare"
• * "The Master"
• * "The Girl Who Loved the Sun"
• * "Dragon Reserve, Home Eight"
• * "What the Cat Told Me"
• * "Nad and Dan Adn Quaffy"
• * "The True State of Affairs"Believing is Seeing: Seven Stories, US Release, 7 stories publ. 1982 to 1999, Illustrated by Nenad Jakesevik
• * "The Sage of Theare"
• * "The Master"
• * "Enna Hittims"
• * "The Girl Who Loved the Sun"
• * "Dragon Reserve, Home Eight"
• * "What the Cat Told Me"
• * "Nad and Dan adn Quaffy"
• * "Excerpt from Howl’s Moving Castle"
• * "Excerpt from The Merlin Conspiracy"
• * "Excerpt from Dark Lord of Derkholm"
• * "Excerpt from Archer’s Goon"Mixed Magics: Four Tales of Chrestomanci
• * "Warlock at the Wheel"
• * "Stealer of Souls"
• * "Carol Oneir’s Hundredth Dream"
• * "The Sage of Theare"Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories, 16 stories published 1978 to 2003
• * "The Girl Jones"
• * "Nad and Dan adn Quaffy"
• * "The Plague of Peacocks"
• * "The Master"
• * "Enna Hittims"
• * "The Girl who Loved the Sun"
• * "The Fluffy Pink Toadstool"
• * "Auntie Bea’s Day Out"
• * "Carruthers"
• * "What the Cat Told Me"
• * "The Green Stone"
• * "The Fat Wizard"
• * "No One"
• * "Dragon Reserve, Home Eight"
• * "Little Dot"
• * "Everard’s Ride"

Standalone short stories

• "Who Got Rid of Angus Flint?"
• "The Four Grannies"
• "Chair Person"
• "Stealer of Souls"
• "Enna Hittims"

Anthologies her works were included in

Complete list of short stories in alphabetical order

• "Auntie Bea’s Day Out", found in Auntie Bea's Day Out, and The Cat Flap and the Apple Pie and Other Funny Stories, and Warlock at the Wheel and Other Stories, and Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories, and Freaky Families
• "Carol Oneir’s Hundredth Dream", found in Dragons & Dreams: A Collection of New Fantasy and Science Fiction Stories, and Mixed Magics: Four Tales of Chrestomanci, and The Wizards’ Den: Spellbinding Stories of Magic & Magicians
• "Carruthers", found in Young Winter's Tales 3, and Warlock at the Wheel and Other Stories, and Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories
• "Chair Person", found in Things that Go Bump in the Night, and Chair Person, and Stopping for a Spell, and Vile Visitors
• "Dragon Reserve, Home Eight", found in Warlock at the Wheel and Other Stories, and Dragons and Warrior Daughters: Fantasy Stories by Women Writers, and Bruce Coville's UFOs, and Everard’s Ride, and Minor Arcana, and Believing is Seeing: Seven Stories, and Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories
• "Enna Hittims", found in The Methuen Book of Humorous Stories, and Believing is Seeing: Seven Stories, and Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories, and Enna Hittims
• "Everard’s Ride", found in Everard’s Ride, and Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories
• "I’ll Give You My Word", found in Firebirds Rising: An Anthology of Original Science Fiction and Fantasy, and Year’s Best Fantasy 7
• "JoBoy", found in The Dragon Book: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy, and The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume 4
• "Little Dot", found in Firebirds: An Anthology of Original Fantasy and Science Fiction, and Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories
• "Mela Worms", in Arrows of Eros, and Fenix, V3, #1, 1992
• "Nad and Dan adn Quaffy", found in Digital Dreams, and Everard’s Ride, and Minor Arcana, and Believing is Seeing: Seven Stories, and Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories
• "No One", found in Warlock at the Wheel and Other Stories, and Everard’s Ride, and Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories
• "Samantha’s Diary", found in Plokta, May 2009, and Stories: All-New Tales, and Escape Pod, EP427
• "Stealer of Souls", found in Mixed Magics: Four Tales of Chrestomanci, Stealer of Souls stand alone
• "The Fat Wizard", found in Guardian Angels, and A Treasury of Witches and Wizards,, and Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories
• "The Fluffy Pink Toadstool", found in Puffin Post v13 #4, and Warlock at the Wheel and Other Stories, and Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories
• "The Four Grannies", found in The Four Grannies, and in Stopping for a Spell, and Freaky Families
• "The Green Stone", found in Gaslight and Ghosts, and The Random House Book of Fantasy Stories, and Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories
• "The Girl Jones", found in Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories, and Reflections: On the Magic of Writing
• "The Girl Who Loved the Sun", found in Heartache, and Minor Arcana, and Believing is Seeing: Seven Stories, and Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories
• "The Master", found in Hidden Turnings: A Collection of Stories Through Time and Space, and Everard's Ride, and Minor Arcana, and Mystery Stories, and Believing is Seeing: Seven Stories, and Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories
• "The Plague of Peacocks", found in Warlock at the Wheel and Other Stories, and Everard’s Ride, and Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories
• "The Sage of Theare", found in Hecate’s Cauldron, and Warlock at the Wheel and Other Stories, and Minor Arcana, and Believing is Seeing: Seven Stories, and Mixed Magics: Four Tales of Chrestomanci, and The Mammoth Book of Sorcerer’s Tales: The Ultimate Collection of Magical Fantasy, and Unnatural Creatures, and The Mammoth Book of Dark Magic
• "The True State of Affairs", found in Everard’s Ride, and Minor Arcana
• "Warlock at the Wheel", found in Warlock at the Wheel and Other Stories, and Mixed Magics: Four Tales of Chrestomanci
• "What the Cat Told Me", found in Spellbound: Fantasy Stories, and Minor Arcana, and Believing is Seeing: Seven Stories, and Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories
• "Who Got Rid of Angus Flint?", found in Young Winter's Tales 6, and Who Got Rid of Angus Flint?, and Stopping for a Spell, and ''Vile Visitors''

Plays

• ''The Terrible Fisk Machine''

Poetry

• "A Slice of Life" found in Now We Are Sick: An Anthology of Nasty Verse, a poetry anthology for adults

Nonfiction and humour

Nonfiction and essays

Interviews

• "Diana Wynne Jones: Writing for Children", in Locus #339 April 1989
• "A Sudden Wild Mage: A Rough Guide to Diana Wynne Jones" by David V. Barrett, in Interzone, #117 March 1997
• "Diana Wynne Jones" by Leonard S. Marcus, in The Wand in the Word: Conversations with Writers of Fantasy
• "An Excerpt from a Conversation with Diana Wynne Jones" by Catherine Butler, in Vector 268

Reviews

• "The White Devil" by John Webster

Essays

• "The Shape of the Narrative in 'The Lord of the Rings'", found in Everard’s Ride, and Reflections: On the Magic of Writing
• "Why Don't You Write Real Books?", in Vector 140 and Reflections: On the Magic of Writing
• "Introduction "
• letter in Vector #159
• "Two Kinds of Writing?", in The Medusa: The Journal of the PJF 1, in Nexus #1, April 1991, and Reflections: On the Magic of Writing
• "Aiming for the Moon", in
• "Introduction "
• "Introduction "
• "Joan Aiken: Influences", in Secret City: Strange Tales of London
• letter in Ansible #134
• letter in Ansible #155
• letter in Ansible #182
• letter in Ansible #183
• "How I Came to Write this Guidebook "
• letter in Ansible #246
• "Howl's Moving Castle: Book to Film ", in Nebula Awards Showcase 2008
• letter in Ansible ''#276''

Essay Collections

• * "Foreword" by Neil Gaiman
• * "Reflecting on Reflections" by Catherine Butler
• * "The Children in the Wood"
• * "The Shape of the Narrative in 'The Lord of the Rings'"
• * "Two Kinds of Writing?"
• * "When I Won the Guardian Award"
• * "Reading C. S. Lewis's Narnia"
• * "Creating the Experience"
• * "Fantasy Books for Children"
• * "The Value of Learning Anglo-Saxon"
• * "The Halloween Worms"
• * "A Day Visiting Schools"
• * "Writing for Children: A Matter of Responsibility"
• * "The Heroic Ideal: A Personal Odyssey"
• * "A Talk About Rules"
• * "Answers to Some Questions"
• * "Some Hints on Writing"
• * "A Whirlwind Tour of Australia"
• ** "- Lecture One: Heroes"
• ** "- Lecture Two: Negatives and Positives in Children’s Literature"
• ** "- Lecture Three: Why Don’t You Write Real Books?"
• * "Inventing the Middle Ages"
• * "Some Truths About Writing"
• * "The Origins of 'The Merlin Conspiracy'"
• * "Review of "Boy in Darkness" by Mervyn Peake"
• * "- Freedom to Write"
• * "- Our Hidden Gifts"
• * "Characterization: Advice for Young Writers"
• * "Something About the Author"
• * "The Girl Jones"
• * "The Origins of 'Changeover'"
• * "A Conversation with Diana Wynne Jones"
• * "Two Family Views of Diana and Her Work"
• * "- Fantasies for Children"
• * "- Address at Diana’s Funeral"
• * "Diana Wynne Jones Bibliography"

List of anthologies containing her essays and interviews

Entire bibliography in order of publication

1960s

1970s

• "The Fluffy Pink Toadstool", story in Puffin Post v13 #4 The Cat Flap and the Apple Pie and Other Funny Stories, with "Auntie Bea's Day Out" - ContributorThe Spellcoats – Dalemark

1980s

• "Why Don't You Write Real Books?" in Vector 140The Methuen Book of Humorous Stories, with "Enna Hittims" - ContributorGuardian Angels, with "The Fat Wizard" - ContributorA Tale of Time City Gaslight and Ghosts with "The Green Stone"The Lives of Christopher Chant – Chrestomanci
• Review: The White Devil by John WebsterThings that Go Bump in the Night, with "Chair Person" - ContributorChair Person Wild Robert Hidden Turnings, edited, with "The Master" - Anthology, ContributorArrows of Eros, with "Mela Worms" - ContributorDragons and Warrior Daughters: Fantasy Stories by Women Writers, with "Dragon Reserve, Home Eight" - ContributorLocus #339 April 1989, with "Diana Wynne Jones: Writing for Children" - Interview

1990s

• letter in Vector #159 Nexus #1, April 1991, with "Two Kinds of Writing" - Essay ContributorNow We Are Sick: An Anthology of Nasty Verse, with "A Slice of Life" - Poetry for Adults, ContributorYes, Dear A Sudden Wild Magic, novel for adults
• "Mela Worms", story in translation in Fenix, V3, #1, Hexwood Crown of Dalemark – DalemarkFocus, December/January 1993, with "Aiming for the Moon" - Essay ContributorThe Dalemark Quartet, Vol. 2: The Spellcoats & The Crown of Dalemark - Dalemark compilationThe Dalemark Quartet - Dalemark compilationStopping for a Spell, collectionBruce Coville's UFOs, with "Dragon Reserve, Home Eight" - ContributorEverard's Ride - CollectionSpellbound: Fantasy Stories, edited, with "What the Cat Told Me" - Anthology, ContributorMinor Arcana - Collection
• "The Fat Wizard", story in A Treasury of Witches and Wizards, republished as The Kingfisher Treasury of Witch and Wizard Stories The Tough Guide to Fantasyland - Nonfiction/humorSecret City: Strange Tales of London, with "Joan Aiken: Influences" - Essay ContributorInterzone, #117 March 1997 "A Sudden Wild Mage: A Rough Guide to Diana Wynne Jones" by David V. Barrett - InterviewThe Random House Book of Fantasy Stories, alternate title Fantasy Stories with "The Green Stone" - ContributorDeep Secret – Magids, Adults
• letter in Ansible #134 Mystery Stories, with "The Master" - ContributorDark Lord of Derkholm – DerkholmThe Worlds of Chrestomanci - Chrestomanci CompilationPuss in Boots Believing is Seeing, collection

2000s

• letter in Ansible #155 The Chronicles of Chrestomanci Volume 1 - Chrestomanci compilationThe Chronicles of Chrestomanci Volume 2 - Chrestomanci compilationThe Wizards’ Den: Spellbinding Stories of Magic & Magicians, with "Carol Oneir’s Hundredth Dream" - ContributorUnexpected Magic, collection
• letter in Ansible #182
• letter in Ansible #183 Wizard's Castle - Howl's Castle compilation Firebirds: An Anthology of Original Fantasy and Science Fiction with "Little Dot" - ContributorThe Merlin Conspiracy – MagidsThe Dalemark Quartet - Dalemark compilation The Mammoth Book of Sorcerer’s Tales: The Ultimate Collection of Magical Fantasy, with "The Sage of Theare" - ContributorFirebirds Rising: An Anthology of Original Science Fiction and Fantasy, with "I’ll Give you My Word" - ContributorConrad's Fate – ChrestomanciThe Tough Guide to Fantasyland: Revised and Updated Edition The Wand in the Word: Conversations with Writers of Fantasy, with "Diana Wynne Jones" by Leonard S. Marcus - InterviewThe Pinhoe Egg – ChrestomanciEnna Hittims, Illustrated by Peter UttonYear’s Best Fantasy 7, with "I’ll Give You My Word" - ContributorThe Game The Chronicles of Chrestomanci Volume 3 - Chrestomanci compilationHouse of Many Ways – Howl's Castle
• letter in Ansible #246 Nebula Awards Showcase 2008, with "Howl's Moving Castle: Book to Film " - Essay ContributorThe Dragon Book: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy, with "JoBoy" - ContributorPlokta, May 2009, with Samantha's Diary - Contributor

2010s

• letter in Ansible #276

• "An Excerpt from a Conversation with Diana Wynne Jones" by Catherine Butler, in Vector 268 Reflections: On the Magic of Writing, nonfictionUnnatural Creatures, with "The Sage of Theare" - ContributorThe Mammoth Book of Dark Magic, with "The Sage of Theare" - ContributorEscape Pod, EP427, with "Samantha's Diary" - ContributorThe Islands of Chaldea, by Jones and her sister Ursula Jones